Category: EU Reporter

Spain, Portugal and France reached a deal to create a submarine “green corridor” between Barcelona and Marseille to transport natural gas, and, at a later stage, green hydrogen.

EU leaders agreed in the early hours of Friday (21 October) to keep exploring options to reduce energy prices. In their summit conclusions, leaders called on energy ministers and the EU commission to “submit concrete decisions” on a “temporary dynamic price corridor on natural gas transactions” that would limit price spikes, and a price cap […]

“I am very prepared to go to Ankara as soon as possible,” Sweden’s new conservative prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, said on Thursday during an EU summit in Brussels. The move was quickly welcomed by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while repeating that as long as Sweden does not extradite terrorists wanted by Turkey, Ankara will […]

French president Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday that France will leave the controversial Energy Charter Treaty, following Poland, Spain and the Netherlands. All EU states are signatories of the treaty bar Italy which withdrew in 2016 — but is still involved in arbitration because this treaty protects investments for decades. Germany has also announced plans to […]

The EU plans to provide Ukraine with €1.5bn per month in financial aid next year, EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, after the meeting with EU leaders in Brussels. Ukraine, she said, needs approximately €3bn to €4bn per month for basic resources. The EU’s overall figure will amount to €18bn next […]

The outcome of the two-day meeting of EU leaders did not deliver any clear agreement on whether and how to limit gas prices — but some believe EU ministers will agree on emergency measures in the coming weeks.

The EU is aiming to pull 10 south-east Asian states into the Western camp on Russia and China when they meet for their first-ever summit in December.

New EU sanctions on Iran make clear that it has joined Russia’s war against Ukraine by supplying lethal drones to Moscow.

The European Parliament awarded the people of Ukraine the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. “This award is for those Ukrainians fighting on the ground. For those who have been forced to flee,” said Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament. The nomination follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. The award, which is […]

The EU is gathering intelligence on right wing extremist threats for a wider assessment, said the European Commission. The comments come amid a debate on Russia’s influence on far-right parties and politicians in Europe.